Hello
sorry if i have bad english but i should express what i want to ask !
i'm a beginner in the opensource domain!and the Linux system,i installed Mandriva 2006 but i couldn't use my Flash Disk(removible disk'Lexar')as it couldnt detect it?
so what i should do?please help me!
thnx

What did you try? What does dmesg say when you plug it in (i.e. run "dmesg" without quotes in a terminal)?

Hi Nylex
thanks for your reply but as answering for your question ,when i plug in my flash disk,it didnt say anything ,and i tried by the tab 'edit' to create new links to hardware disk but i didn't know if this right!! as i'm new and beginner to use Linux system!,,i got message that doesnt support to write on my writing disk , when i did ok for creating the link ! (i didnt rememeber well as i used the net from library),!
hope to answer me
thnx

Are you saying dmesg gave no output whatsoever, or did you not run it? If the former, that's very odd. You need to open a terminal window (look for entries called "Terminal", "Konsole" or perhaps "xterm" in your menus), type "dmesg" without quotes at the prompt and press Enter. It should say something.

I don't know what you mean by "I tried by the tab 'edit' to create new links to hadrware disk".

As for writing to the disk, what file system is it formatted with?

Try editing /etc/fstab.conf in root
The entry should be something like this:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/lexar vfat rw 0 0

Then in a terminal, enter: sudo mount /mnt/lexar
with your flash drive plugged in

You'll need to create the mount point (i.e. /mnt/lexar) before trying to use it though. Also, if you haven't got sudo set up, then you'll have to use mount as root.

Hello
firstly i'd like to thank you all!
i will try when i'll be at my home!
Nylex i mean that i opened the devices icon on the desktop!then i did
Edit>create new link>link to hard disk device! then i got a window!!!
thnx Ricemark too

Hello
so i tried with what you told me but no result
i think Lexar isnt suitable with Linux because i looked for it on the lexar website but i found just Windows drivers!
alos when i wrote dmesg ,as you told me i got many lines telling me the proprieties and informations of my pc
and i found this as i think about my flash disk:
sda:write protect is off
sda:mode sense(dunno if i spell it right) 00 00 00 00
sda assuming drive cache: writing error on device

Dear Ricemark
when i did /etc/fstab.conf (root shell)it didnt know it as unknown command - ,,,,!

sorry this what i could copy s i couldnt get a copy from the root shell,despite i tried to save it on te windows partition but it didn't work!

so what do you think?Is Lexar just for Windows?
or i should to reinstall my linux?
sorry if i annoyed you!
thanks

You shouldn't really need a driver to access the device, other that the normal USB modules which will be loaded anyway. Are there any more lines from dmesg? There should be a few more at least.

Also, the file is /etc/fstab not /etc/fstab.conf and you don't simply type the file name at the prompt, you need to open it with a text editior, e.g.

# vi /etc/fstab.

Hi
yeah ,,when i typed dmesg ,there're many lines more than 20 lines!
and i didn't undrestand what you meant by 'you need to open it with a text editior, e.g.

# vi /etc/fstab.'
i tried with /etc/fstab and i got a message says : Denied permission!.

This is what dmesg shows me when I plug my pendrive in:

hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.7-2, assigned address 2
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x930/0x6532) is not claimed by any active driver.
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: Model: USB Flash Memory Rev: 1.04
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 499712 512-byte hdwr sectors (256 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: sda1
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 2
USB Mass Storage support registered.

The bit in bold is the important bit, as it tells me what device I need to mount to be able to access the files on the drive.

fstab is a file that contains devices (not all), along with moint points, file systems and mount options. To edit it, you need to use a text editor and vi is an example of an editor. You don't have to use vi, you can use whatever you like. What does "ls -l /etc/fstab" show? Just want to check that the file actually has write permissions.

Hi
when i typed dmesg i got this:
hub 4-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
ts: Compaq touchscreen protocol output
usb 4-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
EXT3 FS on hda4, internal journal
Adding 409616k swap on /dev/hda5. Priority:-1 extents:1
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected SiS 661 chipset
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe8000000
Supermount version 2.0.4 for kernel 2.6
ntfs: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
NTFS driver 2.1.22 [Flags: R/O DEBUG MODULE].
NTFS volume version 3.1.
NTFS volume version 3.1.
NTFS volume version 3.1.
FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will b
e case sensitive!
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
hdb: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
bootsplash 3.1.6-2004/03/31: looking for picture...<6> silentjpeg size 34430 byt
es,<6>...found (800x600, 34382 bytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (1791 buckets, 14328 max) - 260 bytes per conntrack
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (35 C)
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
NET: Registered protocol family 17
sis900.c: v1.08.08 Jan. 22 2005
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 1.
0000:00:04.0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default
eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xe200, IRQ 19, 00:01:6c:ab:11:3c.
Vendor: Generic Model: STORAGE DEVICE Rev: 1.25
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
SCSI device sda: 256000 512-byte hdwr sectors (131 MB)
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (1791 buckets, 14328 max) - 260 bytes per conntrack
ipt_recent v0.3.1: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>. http://snowman.net/proje
cts/ipt_recent/
netfilter PSD loaded - (c) astaro AG
IFWLOG: register target
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
lp0: console ready
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 50816 usecs
intel8x0: clocking to 48000
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c03c5760(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
bootsplash 3.1.6-2004/03/31: looking for picture...<6>...found (800x600, 10117 b
ytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on
bootsplash 3.1.6-2004/03/31: looking for picture...<6>...found (800x600, 10117 b
ytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 1 changed to on
bootsplash 3.1.6-2004/03/31: looking for picture...<6>...found (800x600, 10117 b ytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 2 changed to on
bootsplash 3.1.6-2004/03/31: looking for picture...<6>...found (800x600, 10117 b ytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 3 changed to on
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
bootsplash 3.1.6-2004/03/31: looking for picture...<6>...found (800x600, 10117 b ytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 4 changed to on
bootsplash 3.1.6-2004/03/31: looking for picture...<6>...found (800x600, 10117 b ytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 5 changed to on
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
usb 4-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 2 channel 0 id 0 lu n 0
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
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i didnt understadn about 'ls -l /etc/fstab'wheere i should type this?also about /etc/fstab and text editor ? wi didnt know how to do that and what i'd get after?
thnx !

You run ls in a terminal, like you did for dmesg. What do you mean by "also about /etc/fstab and text editor ? wi didnt know how to do that and what i'd get after?"??

In any case, try mounting /dev/sda2, I think that'll be correct, given the line

Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0.

Hi
really i on't know whats up with my Linux!
Nylex when i typed Is-I/etc/fstab ,i got a message says ,,doesnt much this command !
Note : During the installation i got many errors but i continued this installation!
i created the sda2 mount but,it always the same problem so what i should do and typed to be able to read and write on my Flash disk !as its detected but not shown on the devices window!
note for Nylex could give me your MSN or email please!(if you don't mind)because i tried to send you a emssage by this forum but i couldn't!

The command is ls -l and those are both lowercase Ls, not Is. You also need a space between that and the file name.

What happened when you tried to mount /dev/sda2?

What kind of errors did you get during installation?

Also, no, I'm only going to reply to this thread. The point of the forum is that anyone can look for help, so if I help you via email or MSN then someone with the same problem won't be able to see the solution (if there is one).